Ukiah Wins 1969 Grange Convention Site
Ed Bean and Ken Jamieson announced Ukiah will host the 1969 Grange convention in October after coordinated efforts by the Ukiah and Mendocino County chambers, city and county officials, and Pomo Grange. They expect 1600 to 2000 attendees boosting the local economy and urge continued chamber backing.
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Ed Bean
Ukiah
Chamber
Riverside
Jamieson
Mendocino County
Burke
Sacramento
Chambers of Commerce
Reagan Criticizes Redwood Park Plan As Nonsense
Rep. Jeffrey Cohelan calls Reagan's Redwood National Park bill nonsense and supports a 90,000 acre park while Senate Interior Committee favors a 63,000 acre compromise. He urges governor cooperation to advance any park legislation, backed by Sen. Kuchel and Sen. Jackson.
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Washington
UPI
Jeffrey Cohelan
Calif
California
Ronald Reagan
Redwood ‘National Park
Cohelan
Senate Interior Committee
Former Japanese statesman Shigeru Yoshida dies at 89
TOKYO UPI Former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, the cigar smoking genro who helped shape postwar Japan toward democracy and strong ties with the United States, died today at his country home at the age of 89.
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Tokyo
UPI
Shigeru Yoshida
Genro
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
America
Air Raids Continue as U S Bombers Press North Vietnam
U S spokesmen report 77 air force and marine bombing missions into North Vietnam despite Typhoon Carla halting navy air raids. Green Beret teams kill 64 Viet Cong in jungle battles while MIG jets shot down 89 with four probable adds later confirmed. B52s hammer 30,000 troops massing at the South Vietnam border.
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Eugene V. Risher
Saigon
UPI
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Carta
Tonkin Gulf
Hanoi
Red China
Panhandle
U.S
South Vietnam
Army
Carla
Haiphong
Lenh Khanh
China
Marine
Con Thien
Tanzanian Ban Targets Skirts and Loincloths
Tanzanian authorities warn both modern and traditional residents not to show too much leg. Officials ban miniskirts and loincloths describing loincloths as an ancient unhealthy tribal custom and miniskirts as part of a shameful foreign culture.
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Arusha
Tanzania
UPI
Cobra Curls Up With Lieutenant in Vietnam Patrol
First Lt. James Harrod of Pine Bluff, Arizona, slept beside a five foot cobra on a Vietnam patrol night. William Gatchy of Garden Grove, California, awoke to see the snake coiled on Harrod’s stomach, summoned a medic, and the cobra struck as it moved. Soldiers killed the snake with a shovel.
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Dian
South Vietnam
UPI
James Harrod
Pine ‘Bluff
Ariz
William Gatchy
Garden Grove
Calif
Harrod
Gatcy
French Farmers Impose Ultimatum Over Reforms
Paris reports that French farmer groups issued an ultimatum to the government demanding agricultural reforms. Demonstrations began earlier this month and some rioting injured 300 people.
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Paris
UPI
Nude Ballet Professor Faces Arrest in San Francisco
In San Francisco a district attorney warned charges may be filed against Leonard Wolf an English professor and Happening House leader over a nude ballet at the Straight Theater following a runaways conference four dancers from the Jane Lapiner group danced nude and police acting after spectators blocked aisles Wolf defended his role saying he supervised the seminar and had no intention of exploitation The incident prompted debate over legality and decorum in the arts scene.
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San Francisco
UPI
Straight Theater
Happening House
Fred Wisman
Leonard Wolf
Jane Lapiner
Wolf
Terence Hallinan
Protests Near Climax as Police Break Oakland Picket Lines
United Press International reports a week of antiwar protests reaching a climax with 4000 demonstrators dispersed by 120 police at the Oakland Induction Center. In New York, Brooklyn College students and some faculty joined the action as classes stalled. federal troops prepared for a Lincoln Memorial rally and Pentagon march with about 70000 expected.
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Vietnam
California
New York
Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Pentagon
Oakland
Calif
Oakland Center
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn
Baskerville Acting CC Manager Named for Ukiah Chamber
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce appoints Jack Alan Baskerville as acting manager in a move to boost chamber activities for the community, merchants and residents of Ukiah and Mendocino County. Baskerville, with years of business experience and local club ties, will survey local business needs and suggest improvements under Bean's direction.
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Ed Bean
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce Today
Jack Alan
Baskerville
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce
Ukiah
Mendocino County
Bean
Chamber
Antipoverty Bill Advances With $2.06 Billion Authorization
The House Education and Labor Committee completed work on an antipoverty bill and recommended adoption on party line votes 18 to 13. The measure carries a $2.06 billion authorization and Chairman Carl Perkins plans floor action the week of November 7.
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Washington
API
House Education and Labor Committee
Carl Perkins
Dky
House
Grass fire along Boonville Road near Fireside subdivision
A grass fire was reported on Thursday at 5 26 p m along Boonville Road near the Fireside subdivision with no damage reported.
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Boonville Road
Fireside Subdivision
Philbrick Succumbs At Age 57
Donald C. Philbrick OT of upper W Standley Street Ukiah dies in his sleep from an apparent heart attack. He was a well known Ukiah and Comptche rancher and timber man with mills and a large ranch. Funeral arrangements are pending at Eversole Mortuary.
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Eversole
Donald C. Philbrick
W. Standley Street
Ukiah
John Philbrick
Comptche-Ukiah
Mr. Philbrick
Philbricks
Comptche
Philbrick
Jerry Philbrick
Jerry
Ukial High
Governors Promise Showdown On Vietnam Policy Vote
Democratic governors vowed to press a three fourths vote to suspend rules and bring a Vietnam resolution before the National Governors Conference aboard the SS Independence en route from St Thomas to St Croix. GOP opponents argued the issue belongs outside state problem discussions.
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Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas
V.I
UPI
Johnson
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Independence
St. Croix
U.S
Eisenhower to Leave Walter Reed Hospital Today
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower recovering from a prostate ailment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. A hospital spokesman said his condition is sufficiently improved to permit discharge anticipated this afternoon. The 77 year old general was stricken by a partial obstruction of the urinary tract at his Gettysburg farm and flown to the hospital by helicopter earlier in the week.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Walter Reed
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Klan Leader and Deputy Convicted in Civil Rights Slayings
An all white jury found seven men guilty on conspiracy in the 1964 slaying of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. Convicted include Samuel H. Bowers and Neshoba County Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price. verdicts followed 15 hours of deliberation.
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Meridian
Miss
UPI
Alton Wayne) Roberts
U.S
Harold Cox
Cox
Roberts
Neshoba’ County
Cecil Price
Price
Samuel H. Bowers
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Bowers
Neshoba County
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Horace Doyle Barnette
Jimmy Snowden
Billy Wayne Posey
Deaver Selected as California State Grange Leader
Chester Deaver of Salinas is chosen as the new head of the California State Grange. He will replace J Blaine Quinn of Sacramento who had led the organization since 1959.
Mariner 5 Sends Venus Atmosphere Tape Data
Mariner 5 began transmitting tape recorded data on Venus atmosphere from a 34 hour run. Project scientists caution against early conclusions on magnetism as the craft recorded solar wind effects during a 128 day mission.
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Joseph A. ST. Amant
Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America’s
Mariner 5
Earth
Venus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Snyder
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